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Saturday, 22 March 2014

Although this year's tour is still six weeks away, the two additional tours which have been added are filling up quickly. The first tour takes place December 1 - 10 2014 and the second runs from April 19-28, 2015. This second tour includes the Scottish Association of Family History Societies Conference in Stirling. Don't miss out on the chance to visit your ancestral homeland, to gain access to records not available online and to walk in the footsteps of your ancestors. Book NOW at: https://www.genealogytoursofscotland.ca/

If you are in the FairfaxVirginia area next weekend, you
may wish to take in the Spring Conference of the Fairfax Genealogical Society. The
conference starts of Friday and runs all day Saturday with a full slate of very
interesting talks and some very well-known speakers.

Sunday, 9 March 2014

OTTAWA, 8
March 2014 — The British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa (BIFHSGO)
has announced the speakers for the annual conference, to be held 19-21
September, at Library and Archives Canada in Ottawa.

For its 20th
anniversary year, the society will celebrate with an ambitious program which
will help family historians delve into their British Isles roots.

The society
expects to welcome more than 250 attendees at the event, which has three special
themes:

·English
family history;

·Immigration
from the British Isles, including Home Children; and

·Genetic
genealogy.

“Our nation’s
capital is also its family history capital. Every year we have welcomed folks from far and
near, researching their ancestors in collections at Library and Archives Canada
and learning about resources for discovering their British and Irish roots at
our conference ” said BIFHSGO President Glenn Wright.

This year’s
conference speakers will include:

Dr. Lucille
Campey - emigration historian, author of numerous books on British Isles
emigration to Canada who will launch her latest book Ignored but not forgotten
- Canada's English Immigrantsat the conference.

About Me

Scottish born, Canadian raised, Christine Woodcock had the
best of both worlds, growing up immersed in Scottish culture. Realising that
others of the Scots diaspora were not as fortunate, she started her business,
Genealogy Tours of Scotland (https://www.genealogytoursofscotland.ca/)
to allow others researching their Scottish roots the opportunity to return to
the land of their ancestors, conduct family history research and deepen their
sense of belonging to their ancestral kin.